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Software development isn’t about implementing every feature that a customer requests. Its about implementing what is right for the product. And a lot of times that involves cutting existing features and more time than not, simply saying no to a feature!
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Windows 7 Failure?
2 Nov 2009So I was checking out CNN today and I found this article titled Mac share grew after Windows 7 debut. In the article, you’ll see some gems such as this: If Microsoft (MSFT) was hoping that the launch of Windows 7 would halt the erosion of its operating system market share — and curb further [...]
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AppStore – Happy Birthday!
In: Apple
7 Jul 2009Wow, the app store is only one. Seems like it should be older with 50,000 apps in the store. Impressive work Apple! Apple has put together a special link to celebrate some of the top apps of the past year. Speaking of iPhone Apps… stay tuned for an announcement in the next week concerning a [...]
WWDC Predictions Follow UP
In: Apple
8 Jun 2009Well, the keynote was today at noon CDT, let’s see how I did. 1. The standard stats of how well the iPhones and Apps are selling Yup, got those. And they were impressive! Something along the lines of 50,000 apps, over 1 billion app downloads and somewhere in the range of 40,000,000 iPhones and iPod [...]
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WWDC Predictions
In: Apple
8 Jun 2009Here is my quick run down of predictions for the keynote: The standard stats of how well the iPhones and Apps are selling iPhone 3.0 will be released with availability right away for iPhones. Once again iTouches will get the $20-$30 shaft. (Seriously Apple, why do you treat them like second class citizens?) Snow Leapard [...]
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iPhone 3.0 Beta 5 – update
In: Apple
29 May 2009So far things are still going good. The part that was a bit rough was that when the restore image is used and the phone reboots…its like having a virgin iPhone again. Luckily you can restore your settings from a backup. But man that takes a while to re-install all of your applications and copy [...]
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iPhone 3.0 Beta 5
In: Apple
28 May 2009For a while now I have been an officially licensed iPhone developer. I haven’t had all the time in the world that I originally hoped for to develop various applications. But slowly I have been starting to make a little headway on an idea that a buddy of mine had. I’ve been dragging my feet [...]
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The iPhone ad that will never air
In: Apple|Cool Videos
27 May 2009All credit goes to Brent for pointing this one out to me. You can follow his twitter feed at @bbierstedt
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$1.29 a song
In: Apple
7 Apr 2009As many people around the net have reported today, Apple has started selling songs using its variable pricing scheme. And unfortunately, it looks like Amazon may be following suit. Now, I like DRM free music as much as the next guy. But for popular songs, I’m not jazzed about paying $0.30 more per track. For [...]
Safari 4 – focus issues
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1 Mar 2009Like a lot of Mac users out there, I took the plunge and tried out Safari 4 Beta.. Unfortunately, I’m rolling back to Safari 3. Its not that I really want to, its that I have found a very annoying issue. You see, my company uses IM like it is going out of style. It [...]
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- Cryptogram #1 – Solution - /usr/local.com: [...] So, its been a few days, did you figure out the solution to our first cryptogram? [...] [...]
- Another Goal - /usr/local.com: [...] already stated my main 5 goals for 2010. But this morning I realized that I have developed a v [...]
- Judas wears a purple #4 - /usr/local.com: [...] written about it before, I enjoy watching number 4 play. But for the Vikings!?!?! [...] [...]
- blog.brentb.com » iTunes 8.2 Released: [...] but I want a mouse when I have 8-9 pages of Apps on my phone that I want to sort. Matt with [...]
- IgniteIT Talk - /usr/local.com: [...] a month ago I gave a lightning talk at a local IgniteIT Event. I haven’t done a lot of p [...]
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- RT @iapp100: SoundPrism is a killer iPad app. Demo: http://bit.ly/daNEMP Store Link: http://bit.ly/cq7c9X #ipad #apps #music
- iTunes10 first impressions: Logo looks odd and the max/min buttons are vertical instead of horizontal, looks like someone fucked it up.
- RT @iapp100: VMware vSphere Management App....damn sexy http://bit.ly/bgH4eZ Can't wait for this to get out in the wild! #vmware #ipad
- Averaging 10+ hour days, no significant progress on projects. This week isn't going as planned. #workinglate
- the vmware view client is for the iPad.